"if wealth and political access can indefinitely relitigate a finished public decision, every safety project in every Minnesota city inherits the playbook — and every taxpayer inherits the legal bills and the cost of delay." Erik Noonan of @bikemn.bsky.social understands the stakes of Summit Ave.

Saint Paul built 3.43 new homes per 100 residents over the last decade. Nearly every peer city — Minneapolis, Edina, Richfield, even Cottage Grove– outpaced us.🏘️ Three reasons why, and how to fix it. Article Below!🧵

@saintpaulbike.bsky.social Please be aware that the Facebook profile "Kirby John" is currently trolling posts about the death of Ricki Larson. They blocked me now but I suspect the person is Kirby Beck, a former Coon Rapids police officer and vehicular cyclist, and a self-appointed "cycling expert".

Join us for our monthly casual social TOMORROW (Tuesday June 30th) at 6:30pm!🍻 We’ll be at the oldest brewery in MN, Yoerg Brewing Company (378 Maria Ave) on the East Side. Yoerg is located on the 54, 61, and 74 bus lines.🚌 RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/susta...

I love these pics! It was a fun ride with Rebecca & friends. I also got to meet former Golden Valley Mayor Shep Harris.

Our power outage in Highland Park just ended after 12 hours. I was about to start pickling and knitting but now I'm going to binge Netflix.

just saw a video of a guy running after a bus he missed and then another guy passing by in a cargo bike told him to hop in the front basket and the they passed the bus and the cyclist dropped the dude at the next stop 😭😭😭 www.instagram.com/reel/DXzdVAX...

As an aside saying "Somalian" is a dog whistle. The correct term used by non-racists is "Somali."

Would you drive down a road that dead ends in four blocks to nowhere? That's often the case with bike infrastructure in many cities. Roads are a connected network and bike lanes should be the same. A minimum viable network is key to getting more people on bikes. youtu.be/_DQonhJLKTc?...

I'm riding the Big Rivers trail in Dakota County today. Beautiful views of the Minnesota River valley, historic Fort Snelling, and the Minneapolis skyline.

Ethan Fawley promoting traffic safety at the Toward Zero Deaths Regional Workshop. @ethanfawley.bsky.social

I caught a former Minnesota flag flying upside down in the wild today. This stupid ugly flag is the worst! Even people flying it can't figure out which end is up.

Well it took an extra 6 months but I got let go. Very nice severance.

I had a really good time today at the West Side Cinco de Mayo parade marching with council president Rebecca Noecker. What a great event, the organizers did a fantastic job. Many thanks to Firefighters Local 21 for supporting us with their ladder truck!

Bike ride to the East Side of Saint Paul. SPB and CrowBar are awesome, and I love to see the bike traffic!

A real photo of Kid Rock addressing service members at the Pentagon today. Nice summation of where things stand in the United States.

The Washington Post Editorial Board was fine with Republicans gerrymandering in Texas. But when Democrats responded in Virginia, it’s a “power grab” that “plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss.”

I just got my Telraam traffic counter up and running on Fairview Avenue in Saint Paul, Minnesota USA. What a great device! @telraam.bsky.social

This event looks fantastic! I have to miss it for an important milestone but I'm excited to catch the details. Please consider attending. I mean just LOOK at that value per acre; this is pure map porn.

Join us as we phonebank virtually for Sustain-endorsed County Commissioner D5 candidate Rebecca Noecker this Thursday March 19th at 5:30pm. Training provided, no experience necessary!☎️🗳️ Support an active and engaged county by supporting Rebecca! RSVP actionnetwork.org/events/phone...

Streets are for people, but only on vacation

Boycotts are pretty silly and I can't believe most of you are serious.

Thinking of this viral tweet and how 6 years later it feels like we are right on track.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

For this, the state decided to execute him.

This guy speaks for all of us in Minneapolis.

Abolish DHS. Prosecute ICE.

The reality is that 2024 was a fundamental test of the moral character of the nation and we failed spectacularly. We’re living with the consequences now. Maybe we improve. I hope so.

Let this radicalize you.

I received my national news magazine today and...wow. this is truly the perspective every American needs to feel.

This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars. ictnews.org/news/north-c...

Cowboy hats always look stupid. Especially so on Mar-a-Lago-faced bootlickers.

For people who make their whole identity talking about fighting a tyrannical government, the 2A obsessives sure don’t say shit when the government engages in actual tyranny, including the execution of an unarmed citizen

Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/

New apartments are more expensive than older apartments; but they hold down prices across the board by soaking up demand from wealthier people. Without those new apartments you’d have San Francisco, where crappy unrenovated 1br apartments in 100+ year old buildings cost $3,500/month.

All subtlety is out the window this season, I see.

13 years ago today.

Armed ICE agents trapped U.S. citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every single person was a U.S. citizen.

one of my longstanding takes is that car manufacturers should be forced to install mandatory speed limiters in every new vehicle and people react to that like I'm advocating to strip them of their right to free speech

I strongly support sidewalks and walkability, yet I'm extremely skeptical of municipal sidewalk clearing proposals in the Twin Cities. I don't think it's possible for them to deliver the speed and quality necessary, let alone to justify the cost.

“Tell your children who the cowards were.”

Extreme levels of whimsy as turkeys take over the street. I just love this!

My 82-year-old mother has a habit of forwarding texts without any warning or attribution, so I'll get notifications like "I fell and broke my wrist" but it will actually be from an acquaintance of hers. SMH.

The "Save Our Street" anti-safety Summit Avenue people are just plain wrong, and their selfishness has consequences.

BREAKING: At least 36 people killed, 279 missing after fire rips through apartment buildings in Hong Kong, official says

Wild turkeys are taking over my yard!

A 6,015 pound Suburban and its 300 pound driver driving at 83 miles per hour is 1.97 million joules of potential energy. This is the equivalent of an adult falling 8,235 feet. Keeping people safe requires laws that are enforced.